Controlling Chaos - making sense of Texas' bowl scenarios

[Bear19]

Because I am a dumbshit I will ask this question. Does becoming bowl eligible guarantee some bowl invite? Put another way, do some six win teams get left out of bowls?

 

[Agmaniacmike]

WV is not guaranteed to get that 7th win. They have floundered down the stretch and will be playing in Ames in the end of November likely without Trickett.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

WV is not guaranteed to get that 7th win. They have floundered down the stretch and will be playing in Ames in the end of November likely without Trickett.

Iowa State has lost 4 straight, including the last 2 to Kansas and Tech. WVU should win even without Trickett.

 

[Matt Cotcher]

Because I am a dumbshit I will ask this question. Does becoming bowl eligible guarantee some bowl invite? Put another way, do some six win teams get left out of bowls?

Even if Oklahoma State beats OU, the conference will only have 7 eligible bowl teams. There is no scenario where Texas doesn't get an invite from a Big 12 affiliate.

 

[GBT]

Bowls select based on what team can draw the most money. Even though a bowl should take a 3rd place team over a 5th place one, they may not.